NASHVILLE – The Tennessee House of Representatives tonight passed the Broadband Accessibility Act on a 93 to 4 vote. The legislation now moves to Gov. Bill Haslam for his signature.
“Access to high-speed internet has the potential to…

NASHVILLE – Today the Tennessee Senate passed the Tennessee Broadband Accessibility Act by a vote of 31-0.
There was no significant debate, however there were a number of clarifying questions that were asked by Senate Minority Leader Lee…

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NASHVILLE – Today the Trump administration issued an executive order instructing the Environmental Protection Agency to begin dismantling the Clean Power Plan. David Callis, executive vice president and general manager…

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Tennessee Co-ops Support Reversal of Clean Power Plan
NASHVILLE – Today the Trump administration issued an executive order instructing the Environmental Protection Agency to begin dismantling the Clean Power Plan. David…

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[CO-OP NAME] maintains more than [MILES] miles of power lines in our [NUMBER]-county service area. The cooperative maintains a right of way in and around…

The Legislature continues its work for this year's session, and is beginning to make some headway in considering the thousands of pieces of Legislation that have been filed. Some committees are beginning the process of ending their work for…

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